{"id":2646,"date":"2021-06-25T13:10:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T17:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2021-06-25T15:41:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T19:41:33","slug":"from-the-archives-celebrating-edible-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/source\/from-the-archives-celebrating-edible-books\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives: Celebrating Edible Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the volume 8, no 2 issue of Source<\/em>, we wrote about the 2009 International Edible Books Festival. UC Libraries has celebrated the annual event since 2001. With classes taught online this past spring, Edible Books was celebrated virtually via the Libraries various social media accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Books Good Enough to Eat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By Dawn Fuller and Melissa Cox Norris<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the eighth consecutive year, the University of Cincinnati Libraries celebrated April Fools\u2019 Day and \u201cbooks good enough to eat\u201d with the International Edible Books Festival held April 1, 2009. The festival brought a record number of entries and participation from throughout the Libraries and campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The edible tomes ranged from children\u2019s books to classics to biographies. They were created using cakes, cookies, candy, and fruit and vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two entries reflected UC\u2019s year-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin\u2019s work in evolutionary biology, \u201cThe Oreo of Species,\u201d a play off of Darwin\u2019s On the Origin of <\/em>Species, was a submission by Katrina Bowling-Bergman, Circulation and Student Supervisor at the Chemistry-Biology Library. The display featured Oreo-cookie birds, a reflection of the finches that Darwin studied in the Galapagos Islands. Linda Newman, Coordinator of Digital Projects, used gingerbread cookies to trace Darwin\u2019s \u201cDescent of Man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barb Macke, Instruction Librarian, honored the passing of literary great John Updike with her submission, Rabbit, Run<\/em>. The display was a sheet cake with racing lanes divided by icing and marshmallow rabbit Peeps ready to take off at the starting gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The edible books were judged by Pamela Baker, Director of the Center for Enhancement of Teaching & Learning (CET&L), and Cheryl Albrecht, Associate Dean of Library Services, and awarded bookmarks for such things as \u201cMost Literary,\u201d \u201cMost Checked-Out\u201d and \u201cLong Overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deborah Weinstein, Director of Business Affairs for Student Affairs & Services, who regularly comes up with more elaborate submissions year after year, used bubble wrap to make a honeycomb pattern in a pie-shaped display to pay tribute to The Secret Life of Bees<\/em>. The creation was named \u201cBest Overall\u201d by the judges and Weinstein was awarded with a gift card to the UC Bookstore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best student entry, which was also awarded with a certificate to the UC Bookstore, went to Alexandra Hart for her entry Thundercake<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the International Edible Book Festival Web site (www.books2eat.com\/Books2eat\/books2eat.html), the edible book was initiated by librarian and artist Judith A. Hoffberg during a 1999 Thanksgiving celebration with book artists. It became an international sensation in 2000 when artist B\u00e9atrice Coron launched the Books2Eat Web site. Traditionally, the event is celebrated on April 1 to mark the birthday of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), a French lawyer and politician who became famous for his book, Physiologie du gout<\/em> (The Physiology of Taste).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was also an edible book in memory of Hoffberg, who passed away this year. Melissa Cox Norris, Director of Library Communications, created \u201cUmbrella,\u201d reflecting a journal on art and artist books that was edited and published by Hoffberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edible Books Participants 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Karen Kreyenhagen, Business Manager, Academic Health Center Finance & Administration \u2013 Skinny Dip<\/em> by Carl Hiaasen. Awarded \u201cBest Beach Read.\u201d<\/li>
  • Deborah Weinstein, Director of Business Affairs for Student Affairs & Services \u2013 The Secret Life of Bees<\/em> by Sue Monk Kidd. Awarded \u201cBest Overall.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    • Katrina Bowling-Bergman, Circulation and Student Supervisor in the Chemistry-Biology Library \u2013 \u201cThe Oreo of Species,\u201d by Charles Darwin. Awarded \u201cBest Written.\u201d<\/li>
    • Melissa Cox Norris, Director of Library Communications \u2013 \u201cUmbrella,\u201d in memory of International Edible Books Festival creator Judith Hoffberg. Awarded \u201cMost Inspired.\u201d<\/li>
    • Linda Newman, Coordinator of Digital Projects, University of Cincinnati Libraries \u2013 \u201cDescent of Man\u201d by Charles Darwin. Awarded \u201cMost Graphic.\u201d Bean and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology<\/em> by Jean-Paul Sartre. Awarded \u201cMost True to Form.\u201d True Grit(s)<\/em> by Charles Portis. Awarded \u201cMost Creative.\u201d<\/li>
    • Jane Thompson, Librarian, Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library \u2013 Heidi<\/em> by Johanna Spyri. Awarded \u201cMost Clever.\u201d<\/li>
    • Sara Mihaly, Student and Circulation Supervisor, Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning \u2013 Water for Elephants<\/em> by Sara Gruen. Awarded \u201cLong Overdue.\u201d<\/li>
    • Rose Einhaus (retired employee of UC Libraries) and her daughter, UC Assistant Professor Charity Accurso, College of Allied Health Sciences \u2013The Rainbow Fish<\/em> by Marcus Pfister. Awarded \u201cMost Beautiful.\u201d<\/li>
    • Tim Zack \u2013 Puzzles in Wood<\/em> by Edwin Mather Wyatt. Awarded \u201cMost Ambitious.\u201d<\/li>
    • Jessica Ebert, Library Associate 1. University of Cincinnati Libraries  \u2013 The Odyssey<\/em> by Homer. Awarded \u201cMost Classic.\u201d<\/li>
    • Olga Hart, Instruction Librarian, University of Cincinnati Libraries \u2013 Scarpetta<\/em> by Patricia Cornwell. Awarded \u201cMost Deadly.\u201d Very Valentine<\/em> by Adriana Trigiani. Awarded \u201cMost Romantic.\u201d<\/li>
    • Alexandra Hart \u2013 Thunder Cake<\/em> by Patricia Polacco. Awarded \u201cBest Student Entry.\u201d<\/li>
    • Holly Prochaska, Interim Head of the Geology\/Mathematics\/Physics Library; Head of Conservation Services; and Coordinator of Renovation Projects \u2013 The Complete Works of O. Henry. <\/em>Awarded Most Literary. The Grape Gatsby<\/em> by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Grape Expectations<\/em> by Charles Dickens. Awarded \u201cBest Seller\u201d.<\/li>
    • Barb Macke, Instruction Librarian \u2013 Rabbit, Run<\/em> by John Updike. Awarded \u201cStaff Pick.\u201d<\/li>
    • Stephanie Bricking, Research Associate, Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library \u2013 The Very Hungry Caterpillar<\/em> by Eric Carle. Awarded \u201cMost Childlike.\u201d<\/li>
    • Ben Hay and Mary Kate Henrikson, UC students \u2013 \u201cWhere\u2019s Waldorf Salad?\u201d Awarded \u201cFunniest.\u201d For Whom the Taco Bell Tolls<\/em> by Ernest Hemingway. Awarded \u201cMost Epic.\u201d<\/li>
    • Gabrielle Fox, Libraries Conservator \u2013 \u201cKindlecake.\u201d Awarded \u201cScariest.\u201d<\/li>
    • Amanda Luckenbill, student \u2013 Gone with the Wind<\/em> by Margaret Mitchell. Awarded \u201cMost Checked Out.\u201d<\/li>
    • Aravind Ranganathan, student \u2013 Atlas Shrugged<\/em> by Ayn Rand. Awarded \u201cLeast Edible.\u201d<\/li>
    • Donna Gering, retired UC employee \u2013 The Soloist<\/em> by Steve Lopez. Awarded \u201cStrangest Contents.\u201d<\/li>
    • Anastassia Bowers, UC student \u2013 Hope for the Flowers<\/em>. Awarded \u201cMost Edible.\u201d<\/li>
    • Marie Knecht and Suzette Combs \u2013 Great Expectations<\/em> by Charles Dickens. Awarded \u201cMost Well Crafted.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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